Arts & Entertainment

Basement venues give young musicians a place to be heard

On a show night, an ordinary basement in Mercer County can become a concert venue, packed with young music fans standing just a few feet from the bands while...

Leon Rainbow paints Trenton’s story on a larger canvas

Leon Rainbow is an exciting artist to watch. People have been watching him for years as he paints...

Princeton Arts Council seeks market vendors

Artists, food busines ses and vintage dealers have several August deadlines to apply for fall and holiday markets...

Bucks County marks ‘Rent’ 30th anniversary

Bucks County Playhouse will mark the 30th anniversary of Jonathan Larson’s rock musical “Rent” with a new production...

Karly C and Rebel Y’all find their stride

Perhaps in the not-too-distant future, Mercer County folks can say they knew Mike Matisa and Karly C. “when.”...

Journalist, Artist, Novelist Purcell at Home With It All

Art, family, and home have been the recurring themes of her three works of fiction, writes Janet Purcell at the start of her new...

United in Art, Twin Sculptors Take on the Museum

It was a sticky 90-degree day on the Princeton University campus — Outdoor Action students were setting up tents and tying strings to trees....

Capital Philharmonic Opens With a Bang

And so, maestro Daniel Spalding said, “let there be drums,” and yes, there will indeed be drums, at least 14 of them, when the...

McCarter Review: ‘Comedy of Tenors’

Considering how few contemporary practitioners there are of dramatic farce (not an oxymoron), Ken Ludwig deserves our praise not only because his plays are...

Opportunities

Auditions Kelsey Players has auditions for “’Twas the...

George Street Playhouse Review: ‘Murder for Two’

Joe Kinosian is a master of timing and assurance. These talents, evident even when Kinosian breaks character and the fourth wall to sternly chide...
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